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Introduction
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drawn on it, and inquires about her from the painter. The artist answers : There is a city named Chandrapura in the south. A king named Jayakeşin reigns there. This princess named Mayaṇalla is the daughter of that king. Glory to her. Then the artist narrates how this princess even though in full youth refused to marry, and how she ultimately succumbed to the charms of a painting of Karna shown to her by a travelling artist. Then the artist describes her love-lorn condition. " I, feeling like weeping, painted her in this picture and brought her to you. My work is done!" (vs. 117-18).
The match is arranged and Mayaṇalla comes to marry Karna with a big dowry of elephants etc. given by her father. The whole party encamps outside the city. Karna goes to see the elephants incognito with an attendant. There he sees the princess in a latagṛha - a bower of creepers. From her Cholaka - a sort of boddice - he infers that she is a virgin and makes inquiries of her name etc. Her attendants inform the king that she has graced the Kadamba family. "
Hemachandra informs us that Mayanallā was made Mahishi, i. e. the principal queen.
We know from the history of the Kadamba family that Jayakeṣin's forefathers ruled in Chandrapura ( Chandor in Salestta Taluka near Goa) and that Jayakeşin, himself having conquered Goa, transferred his capital there. Jayakeşin died in the year V. S. 1136 A. D. 1080. The marriage took place when he was alive. From the D. K. we learn that Karna married Mayaṇalla after he came to the throne. The event might have happened in the early part of his
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